Organic Chemistry — Chemistry STD 10 — Question

The skin has and needs natural oils. Why is it advisable to wear gloves while working with strong allkalis?

What do you observe when acetic acid is added to sodium bicarbonate ?

From the following list of substances, choose one substance in each case which matches the description given below:
Ammonium nitrate, Calcium hydrogen carbonate, copper carbonate, lead nitrate, potassium nitrate, sodium carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, zinc carbonate.
(a) A Substance that gives off only oxygen when heated.
(b) A Substance which on heating decomposes into dinitrogen oxide (nitrous oxide) and steam.
(c) A Substance that gives off oxygen and nitrogen dioxide when heated.
(d) A Substance which on heating leaves a yellow residue.

What is the difference between:
electrolytic dissociation and ionization.

Ethylene when reacts with halogens (chlorine and bromine) form saturated products. Name them and write balanced equations.

Write balanced equation and name the product formed when :
Concentrated nitric acid is heated.

Give the names of the following functional groups:
-OH, >- c = o, -CHO, -COOH

Give two tests of the following:
Water vapour

Define the term : Cation and anion